: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
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Its 82nd edition was supposed to be all about the return of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner after a three-month doping ban.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Rafael Nadal lends support to Sinner Sinner’s run comes against the backdrop of his recent doping case that became public knowledge on August 20 – news that shocked the tennis world.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
Jannik Sinner’s three-month doping ban, saying she would have been suspended 20 years for a similar offense.
—Kimberly Richardson, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Sinner will serve a three-month ban for two positive doping tests, a resolution which, its most vocal critics claim, is the latest and most egregious example of a two-tier system working in the interests of the sport’s favorites.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Rafael Nadal lends support to Sinner Sinner’s run comes against the backdrop of his recent doping case that became public knowledge on August 20 – news that shocked the tennis world.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
Jannik Sinner’s three-month doping ban, saying she would have been suspended 20 years for a similar offense.
—Kimberly Richardson, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Sinner will serve a three-month ban for two positive doping tests, a resolution which, its most vocal critics claim, is the latest and most egregious example of a two-tier system working in the interests of the sport’s favorites.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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doping
noun
dop·ing
ˈdō-piŋ 
: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune
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